Medical alarm and Personal emergency response
system (PERS) resources
Medic ID, alert and monitoring systems, personal health
records
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| The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services estimates that almost 75 percent
of the elderly (age 65 and over) have at least one chronic
illness and 50 percent have at least two chronic illnesses.
Chronic conditions can lead to severe and immediate disabilities, such as
hip fractures and stroke, as well as progressive disability
that slowly erodes the ability of elderly people to care for
themselves.
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Personal Emergency Response Systems
A Personal Emergency
Response System (PERS) is an alarm system designed to
alert
someone that you require urgent attention. A PERS can allow seniors to
age in place and anyone with chronic medical conditions to remain at
home and still have the security of knowing help is a push of the button
away.
If you have fallen
and can't get up a medical alarm system designed to alert someone that you require urgent
attention can get you help at the push of a button.
Another term for a
medical alarm is personal emergency response system (PERS). Typical
systems have a wireless pendant or transmitter that can be activated in
an emergency. When the medical alarm is activated, the signal is
transmitted to an alarm monitoring company and medical personnel can
then be dispatched to the home.
Elderly or disabled people who live alone commonly use or require medical
alarms. Personal medical alarms allow many seniors to remain living at
home and still have the security of knowing help is available if needed.
In case of emergency the user can set off a call for help by a
simple press of the alert button on a wrist strap or pendant, without
needing to reach the telephone. An alert is sent to the monitoring
system operator and the data of the affected person (address, medical
condition, family contacts) are displayed.
Depending on the service and the type of emergency help required,
relatives or neighbors can be informed. If necessary, health care
services or personal physicians can be notified and emergency medical
services can be sent to the residence. Some monitoring services also
provide the client with a USB medical alert device such as the MedicTag
USB medical alert device so that arriving emergency personnel can have
immediate access to vital medical information.
With a personal medical alert system you have the power to summon help in
an emergency twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. A personal emergency
response system (PERS) can mean the difference
between life and death. Don't become a statistic; with today's medical
alert technology you never have to be alone.
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To carry all your
emergency medical information with you when you leave
the house visit
www.medictag.com
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